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Sylvia Syms

Highest Rated: 100% Victim (1961)

Lowest Rated: 33% The World of Suzie Wong (1960)

Birthday: Jan 6, 1934

Birthplace: Woolwich, London, England, UK

Blonde, blue-eyed actress who began her career playing teenage roles, notably in "Teenage Bad Girl/My Teenage Daughter" (1956), opposite Anna Neagle as her mother. She is perhaps best remembered as the obligatory romantic lead in the controversial "Victim" (1961), where she plays the wife of a distinguished lawyer (Dirk Bogarde) coming to terms with his homosexuality when a former lover is blackmailed. Syms continued playing leading roles in primarily British films through the early 1970s and later took on character parts in such films as "The Tamarind Seed" (1974) and "Shirley Valentine" (1989). Not to be confused with Brooklyn-born cabaret singer Sylvia Sims (1918-1992). Mother of actress Beatie Edney. Sylvia Syms died on January 27, 2023 in London, Northwood, United Kingdom at the age of 89.

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Highest rated movies

100% 88% Victim Watchlist
97% 76% The Queen
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79% 87% Woman in a Dressing Gown
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75% 54% Operation Crossbow
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72% 86% Shirley Valentine
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71% 75% Conspiracy of Hearts
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67% 51% Asylum
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65% 55% Is Anybody There?
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45% 35% I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
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41% 72% Shining Through
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Sylvia Syms

Sylvia Syms VICTIM, Sylvia Syms, Dirk Bogarde, 1961 THE QUARE FELLOW, from left: Patrick McGoohan, Sylvia Syms, 1962 WOMAN IN A DRESSING GOWN, Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, 1957 EXPRESSO BONGO, Sylvia Syms, 1960 THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG, Sylvia Syms, William Holden, Nancy Kwan, 1960 VICTIM, Sylvia Syms, Dirk Bogarde, 1961 EXPRESSO BONGO, Sylvia Syms, Laurence Harvey, 1960 VICTIM, Sylvia Syms, Dirk Bogarde, 1961 FERRY TO HONG KONG, Sylvia Syms, Curd Jurgens, 1959, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright View more photos

Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Together Rosemary (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Booked Out Mrs. Nicholls (Character) - 2012
65% 55% Is Anybody There? Lilian (Character) $2.0M 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marple: Murder Is Easy Lavinia Pinkerton (Character) - 2008
97% 76% The Queen HM The Queen Mother (Character) $56.4M 2006
No Score Yet 44% Child of Mine Unknown (Character) - 2005
45% 35% I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Mrs. Barz (Character) $358.8K 2003
35% 62% What a Girl Wants Princess Charlotte (Character) $36.0M 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Neville's Island Mrs. Campness (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet The House Of Angelo Alice Angelo (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Food of Love Mrs. Harvey Brown (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet House of Angelo Alice Angelo (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Original Sin Unknown (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 25% Dirty Weekend Mrs. Crosby (Character) - 1993
41% 72% Shining Through Linda's Mother (Character) $21.4M 1992
72% 86% Shirley Valentine Headmistress (Character) $4.7M 1989
No Score Yet 30% A Chorus of Disapproval Rebecca Huntley-Pike (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Sleeping Life Lilian Crown (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Intimate Contact Annie Stanhope (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet There Goes the Bride Ursula Westerby (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Give Us Tomorrow Wendy Hammond (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 75% The Tamarind Seed Margaret Stephenson (Character) - 1974
67% 51% Asylum Ruth (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 86% Run Wild, Run Free Mrs. Ransome (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 27% The Desperados Laura Galt (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 20% Hostile Witness Sheila Larkin (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fiction-Makers Joyce Darling/Amos Klein (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Danger Route Barbara Canning (Character) - 1967
75% 54% Operation Crossbow Constance Babington Smith (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 40% The Big Job Myrtle Robbins (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet East of Sudan Miss Woodville (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amazons of Rome Clelia (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The World Ten Times Over Billa (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 67% The Quare Fellow Kathleen (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet 50% The Punch and Judy Man Delia Pinner (Character) - 1962
100% 88% Victim Laura (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 50% Flame in the Streets Kathie Palmer (Character) - 1961
33% 68% The World of Suzie Wong Kay O'Neill (Character) - 1960
71% 75% Conspiracy of Hearts Sister Mitya (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 0% Ferry to Hong Kong Liz Ferrers (Character) - 1959
40% 42% Expresso Bongo Maisie King (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Trees in the Street Hetty (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bad Girl Janet Carr (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 94% Ice Cold in Alex Sister Murdoch/Sister Diana Murdoch (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bachelor of Hearts Ann Wainwright (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 38% The Moonraker Ann Wyndham (Character) - 1958
79% 87% Woman in a Dressing Gown Georgie Harlow (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Birthday Present Jean Scott (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Time for Tears Nurse Margaret Collier (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Teen-age Daughter Janet Carr (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Teen-age Bad Girl Janet Carr (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet It Happens Every Thursday Woman (Character) - 1953

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Talking Pictures Host,
Narrator 		2013-2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Playhouse Presents Unknown (Character) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Poseidon Adventure Belle Rosen (Character) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Born and Bred Elizabeth Grimshaw (Character) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Holby City Margaret Larkin (Character) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mystery! Unknown (Character) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ghosts Mrs. Eversley (Character) 1995
68% 78% Doctor Who Mrs. Pritchard (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star) 		1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet El Santo Anne Yearley (Guest Star) 1964 1968